Police arrested two members of an underground armed outfit operating in Terai plains with explosives in Kathmandu Thursday.

The two men, identified as Prakash Kumar Karna and Mithilesh Kumar Yadav, were members of the Rajan Mukti faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-R), which has been involved in low-intensity terrorist activities in southern Terai plains. Karna is JTMM-R's Saptari district incharge, while Yadav hails from India.

Police found five powerful grenades and two socket bombs from the duo.

Following their arrest, the duo confessed to the police that they planned to carry out series of bombings in different public places inside the capital city to cause as much casualty as possible.

In September 2, 2007, a little-known outfit called Terai Army, which claims to be fighting for 'liberation of Madhesh' but like JTMM-R is a rag-tag criminal group involved in extortion and murder in Terai, carried out series of bomb-blasts in Kathmandu, which killed three persons and injured 25 others.

Baban Singh, a gangster accused of rape and murder, featured in the 'most-wanted list' of the police as one of the 13 people responsible for the bomb blasts in Kathmandu.

However, Singh later won the Rautahat-1 seat in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election as an independent candidate.

In a hideout to avoid arrest, Singh did not make any public appearance during the entire election campaign. Singh's main campaign slogan was Hamara Ke Bachali (Save me), pleading to the voters to elect him in order to save him from a death penalty.

Nepal doesn't have capital punishment.

Singh is also wanted for robbery charges including rape and murder of a 15-year old girl in 2006. Singh denies these charges.

On May 27, 2008, Singh reached the Birendra International Conference Centre to be sworn in as a Constituent Assembly member, but was not caught by the police.

On June 1, 2008, he surrendered before the Gaur District Court, but was released on general date following legal proceedings.

Recently, Singh joined Terai Madhes Loktantric Party (TMLP), the sixth largest party in the Constituent Assembly. nepalnews.com

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